The Devil's Bath

In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts, until the possibility of committing a shocking act of violence seems like the only way out of her inner prison.

• village
• melancholy
• austria
• forest
• 18th century
• macabre
• infanticide
• folk horror
• dreary
• period piece
• provocative
• depressed
• depressing
• disheartening
• gloomy
• informative